India crowned T20 world cup, I still feel butterflies while reading that headline. Winning a world cup after 22 yrs and on the top beating Pakistan in the finals, it doesn’t get anything better than that. And believe me, they grabbed the cup without the services of three musketeers, Sachin, Dada and Dravid, who were the main pillars of Team India for the past 15 years, gooseberries again.
How did it all happen?? Before the start of the tournament India entered as Infants at T20. They just had played one match against SA and surprisingly they had to enter without big guns who pulled out themselves, which is the only way of keeping them out of the game. Hence the new captain, Dhoni, and he was leading a bunch of young guys who were hungry and roaring to go out and prove their potential, and to be honest they had nothing to loose even if they failed at their stint. For some reason South Africa, the venue, has always been lucky one for India. Even in 2003, we reached finals, thanks to Sachin, for his outstanding display of aggressive cricket.
Every victory was hard earned, they fought like warriors, they snatched the matches from the opposition, instead of tagging themselves victorious on the mercy of an error or whether, they displayed a characteristic/ an inspiring performance which left opposition in the helm of catastrophe. The commitment was always there right from the beginning but the momentum stepped in when Yuvi smacked the six sixes in an over. He single handedly took India home and from there he never really looked back. The innings against Aus was the best from Yuvi. India beating Ozs in semis, I don’t have to booze, I am on high. Just for the record, this victory was a long waited one, Last time India beat Ozs was back in early 2004, it has almost been four yrs, what a way to break that timeline.
The real big match was final against, Pak. Wow, doesn’t get anything better than this, its huge. I believe, it took 22 yrs for two subcontinent teams to reach into the finals of world cup at the same time. Believe me, I never thought, I would see this type of contest, I mean India playing against Pak, in world cup final. As expected the match was an absolute cracker. It went down the wire and in the end it was India who held their nerves, and Pak missed the target just by a kitten’s whisker. The show they put on was an absolute humdinger. After almost 10 years we had a chance to witness the true finals.
On the whole T20 is a big hit; sponsors must have been on cloud nine. With this victory, whole subcontinent will jump into cricket fever again. Other than that, it was really stunning at first and then thrilling to watch these young and energetic Team India beating teams black and blue. Their batting was eye-catching, their bowling was surprising and fielding was electrifying. To sum it up, this future team looks completely promising. It’s high time for big guns to think future of Team India.
